Maria-Theresa Bahodi

Enhancing Self-Efficacy in Health Self-Examination through Conversational Agent's Encouragement

Health self-examination, such as checking for changes to skin moles, is key to identifying potential negative changes to one's body. A major barrier to initiating a self-examination is a perceived lack of confidence or knowledge. In this study, we use a 2 x 2 between-subjects design to evaluate the effect of an AI con…